The Ninth Commandment: You shall not covet your neighbor's wife.
Why does the Ninth Commandment forbid sexual desire?
The Ninth Commandment forbids, not desires per se, but rather disordered desires. The "covetousness" against which Sacred Scripture warns is the rule of impulses over the mind, the dominion of urges over the whole person, and the sinfulness that that causes.
The erotic attraction between man and woman was created by God and is therefore good; it is part of a person's sexual nature and biological constitution. It ensures that man and woman can unite with one another and descendants can spring from their love. The Ninth Commandment is meant to protect this union. The shelter of marriage and family must not be endangered through playing with fire, in other words, through reckless indulgence in the erotic energy that crackles between man and woman. That is why it is a good rule, especially for Christians: "Keep your hands off married men and women!" (YOUCAT question 462)
Dig Deeper: CCC section (2514-2519) and other references here.
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